# scambier/obsidian-omnisearch

A search engine that "just works" for Obsidian. Supports OCR and PDF indexing.

Repository: https://github.com/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/obsidian-omnisearch
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: minisearch, obsidian, obsidian-md, obsidian-plugin, search, ocr, pdf
Last push: 2026-08-25T16:43:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1606, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 35, "gap_med": 29, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2127, forks 114 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.898078+00:00)

## What it is
Omnisearch is an Obsidian community plugin providing instant, relevance-weighted full-text search across notes, PDFs, Office documents, and images (via the Text Extractor companion plugin). It is built on MiniSearch with BM25 scoring, typo resistance, and keyboard-first workflows.

## Use cases
- search all my obsidian notes instantly
- find text inside pdfs in my vault
- search scanned images with ocr
- quick switcher with better relevance ranking
- query my vault from outside obsidian via http
- search notes with typo tolerance
- filter search results by file type

## When to choose
- you use Obsidian and find the built-in search too slow or imprecise
- you need to index PDFs, Office files, or images in your vault
- you want a keyboard-driven quick switcher with BM25 relevance scoring

## When to avoid
- you don't use Obsidian
- you need a server-side or multi-user search engine rather than a local plugin
- you need Chinese search without installing the additional cm-chs-patch plugin

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, ocr, pdf, cli
- domain: pdf, developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: obsidian, obsidian-plugin, minisearch, full-text-search, bm25, pdf-indexing, typo-tolerance, search, desktop

## Member repositories
- scambier/obsidian-omnisearch (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.898078+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:52:29.526744+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.898078+00:00, sha 3426aef51e9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.